Other Resources

Below are a selection of books, articles, websites and resources about Shanidar Cave and Neanderthals more generally. You can find information about publications from the Shanidar Cave Project here.

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Shanidar Cave

Solecki, R.S. 1971. Shanidar, the First Flower People. New York, Alfred Knopf Inc.

Solecki, R.S. 1972. Shanidar: The Humanity of Neanderthal Man. London, Penguin Press.

Solecki, R.S., Solecki, R.L., & Agelarakis, A.P. 2004. The Proto-Neolithic Cemetery in Shanidar Cave. Texas A & M University Press.

Trinkaus, E. 1983. The Shanidar Neandertals. New York, Academic Press.

Stewart, T. D. 1977. The Neanderthal Skeletal Remains from Shanidar Cave, Iraq: A Summary of Findings to Date. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 121(2): 121-165.

 

The Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, include original photos, site notes, drawings, manuscripts and publications relating to the Solecki's work at Shanidar Cave and other sites. The Smithsonian Blog includes articles on the collection.

 

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Anthropology also holds a collection of artifacts from Ralph Solecki's excavations.

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The Neanderthals

Wragg Sykes, R. 2020. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. London, Bloomsbury.

Natural History Museum: Who were the Neanderthals?
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (where Shanidar 3's remains are curated): resources on the Neanderthals

 Svante Pääbo TED talk: DNA clues to our inner Neanderthal

The Leakey Foundation Origin Stories podcast episode: Understanding Neanderthals

BBC Radio 4 Infinite Monkey Cage podcast episode: Neanderthals

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Shanidar Cave in popular literature

Auel, J. M.  1980. Clan of the Cave Bear, Crown.

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